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finer points of interpretation. However, the general consensus, down through the ages, is that Sophocles main theme had to do with...

you think, I should not have you, even if you asked to come...apparently the laws of the gods mean nothing to you" (Sophocles). ...

In seven pages this paper contrasts and compares William Shakespeare's protagonist with the Oedipus myth as well as the interpreta...

have to hear; and he ends up discovering the truth about himself, a truth so agonizing and abhorrent that he blinds himself (Sopho...

concerned for his people; self-regarding but caring. This paper answers several questions about him and his actions in the play. D...

and instead gives the infant to another shepherd, who takes the boy to Polybus, king of Corinth, who raises it as his own (Sophocl...

"childhood and neurotic mental processes" (Appel, 1995, p. 625), Freud was able to create a link between family relationships and ...

Salomon's Psalms are also known as Solomon's Psalms. This report discusses Psalm 17, a Psalm to the King. The interpretations of t...

of just a few prisoners, including John Coffey. Edgecombes reflections, though, address some major themes, including his own effo...

Dr. King does indeed work to build his credibility during his speech although it was probably not as necessary in his particular s...

on themes that have to do with familial love and altruism, rather than the hostility and fear that were attributed to it by Freud ...

the "promissory note" that was made to each and every American when the Constitution was written (King, 1963). He and the group ha...

Thomas King's novel Truth and Bright Water and its thematic duality are discussed in five pages....

dramatize a shameful condition"(Dream.html). King already has the support of African-Americans, therefore, in order for his speec...

In five pages Aristotle's definition of a tragic hero is applied to these two literary monarchs. One source is cited in the bibli...

In five pages tis paper discusses a day in Charlemagne's life from the point of view of one of the King's cautious friends....

This 5 page paper compares three tragedies and their protagonists: Oedipus from Oedipus Rex, Macbeth from Macbeth and Odysseus fro...

as though by filming this story in this manner the producer was trying to invite, so to speak, the audience into a theater, make t...

Kings plea for assistance in his crusade, Oedipus demands to know why, and is shocked to hear the words, "You are the murderer, yo...

is true that Greek culture allowed infanticide via death by exposure, this custom was typically reserved for girls and babies with...

upon the very nature of man to enjoy learning something about others and in return about him or herself. In this way, he argues, w...

to speak out. Of course, Oedipus is infuriated by such statements and knows that they must have been instigated by one of his enem...

prophet points an accusing finger at Oedipus. In a rage, Oedipus accuses the prophet of being paid by someone to say such things, ...

since the first publication of Shakespeares collected plays in 1623, readers and audiences around the globe have, by their seeming...

Therefore in righting him I serve myself"(Sophocles, li 223-225). This opening monologue serves several functions and shows quite...

In 5 pages this paper examines this thematic conflict as it is represented in A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen, Macbeth by William S...

Medea and Oedipus Rex are like many ancient Greek plays in dealing with a sub-theme of cruelty. This research paper examines the a...

In five pages this paper discusses how these characters featured in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles can be describes as mythic because th...

This paper consists of nine pages and considers how violence is perpetuated by the gods in Thebiad by Status, Oedipus Rex by Sopho...

In eight pages these ancient Greek tragic protagonists featured in Oedipus Rex by Sophocles and Prometheus Bound by Aeschylus are ...